Ports of Seattle, Tacoma, Los Angeles, Long Beach, Oakland, Houston, Jacksonville and Charleston all report drops in March.
The number of empty containers returned to Asia from the California port dropped 23% in March.
Coronavirus and tariffs blamed for lowest total in more than a decade.
“The coronavirus is delivering a shock to the supply chain,” said port chief Mario Cordero.
A C-suite and board are shuffled, and a commercial operations director and Europe manager are hired.
The second-shift change will provide time to clean handling equipment to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
“IT strength and capability” helping Orient Overseas (International) Limited service customers during coronavirus crisis.
The United States has plunged into a recession and imports may never recover, says the former Trailer Bridge CEO.
While operations across the country have not been interrupted, visitors should stay away.
Ports on East and West coasts do expect cargo surge as manufacturing ramps up in China following coronavirus-caused shutdowns.
Plus: Amazon VP of delivery experience departs; Western Star teases new vocational truck
Coronavirus left containers scattered in the wrong ports. Liner companies are trying to get them back into position.
Levy is kept modest as report warns high rate would lead to diversions.
Lingering effects from tariff battles with China also contributed to decline in February.
Although the number of new coronavirus cases in China is dropping, shipping lines are still canceling sailings in response to expected low demand.
Harbor commissions sign agreement to collaborate on common issues.
Over two decades and 2 million miles of trucking, Karl Williams has driven practically every brand of Class 8 tractor. Now behind the wheel of an electric Freightliner eCascadia, he relishes keeping his place in stop-and-go traffic and the sound of near silence.
The magnitude of declines over the next few months from the virus as well as lingering tariffs will have broad flow-through effects on the U.S. economy.
The coronavirus is having a far-reaching impact across the globe. The timing may make things worse for domestic trucking.
Waymo is now testing self-driving trucks on highways in Texas and New Mexico, plus Rhode Island budgets shortfall in truck toll revenue and House committee chairman tries to restart infrastructure talks.
Everything from driverless trucks, the U.S. tariff war with China and the growth of ocean ports was discussed during the opening day of the National Industrial Transportation League (NITL) Transportation Summit in San Antonio. The 2020 NITL summit is being held through Wednesday. The summit brings together hundreds of professionals from across the freight transportation […]
Zach and Anthony discuss the characteristics of the California freight market, the unintended consequences from regulations and the economic impacts from them.
More and bigger ships are calling on the East and Gulf Coast, setting the stage for regional logistics development.
Latest round of DERA grants allots up to $4 million per project.
Container industry veteran John McCown argues that the shift toward East Coast ports is inexorable.
California ports already face high energy costs, a situation that is likely to continue as the ports pursue clean air goals.
PierPass says long late-afternoon queues at the entrance to container terminals om Los Angeles and Long Beach have been eliminated.
Labor advocates say the California law will redress exploitative working conditions at the San Pedro ports.
Risks based on cargo moving through Los Angeles/Long Beach ports
The plant, one of the world’s largest, is designed to support the automaker’s hydrogen truck and passenger vehicle fleets.
The Port of Long Beach and Port of Oakland said exports were up, but imports down when compared to October 2018.
Lori Ann LaRocco’s new book chronicles the tariff war and tracks its impact through trade flows.
East Coast port expects container volumes to double over next 30 years.
U.S. House green-lights measure to improve big-ship access.
Lost in the US-China’s trade war’s impact on imports is the devastating effect on US exports
Extension of “Maritime Silk Road” threatens U.S. economic, military standing.
The Port of Long Beach saw a slide in container volumes arrested in September and hopes to attract more cargo with incentives.
Port of Long Beach is offering incentive payments to ocean carriers in an effort to stabilize declining cargo volumes.
Team of rivals? The competing ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are looking at additional ways to cooperate for their mutual benefit.
Ports, terminal operators and shipping lines are striving to improve the flow of information.
Port of Los Angeles says it would take seven Vietnams to make up for the loss of business from China trade war.
Larger ships now calling as liner services have to reach Southeast Asia ports for East Coast discharge.
Labor unions claim the effect on jobs is not being properly considered.
Concerns about the port automation has sparked studies by the Port of Long Beach and other California agencies.
Import volumes see best month in 2019, but year-to-date still lower.
West Coast sees slower import volumes as service changes and market downturn take toll.
But Japan’s biggest shipping line looks to restart Long Beach service after summer hiatus.
Gebrüder Weiss announced Aug. 8 that Heinz Senger-Weiss, managing director of the Air & Sea division, is resigning at the end of the year “for personal reasons” and that it has hired Lothar Thoma. Headquartered in Austria, Gebrüder Weiss is a transportation and logistics company with more than 7,100 employees and 150 company-owned locations. “We […]
Chinese billionaire Liu Zhongtian, former president of China Zhongwang Holdings Ltd., was indicted by federal court in Los Angeles for allegedly evading $1.8 billion antidumping and countervailing duties on aluminum shipments.
As peak shipping season gets underway and more containers arrive at ports, the ability of North America marine terminals to handle the extra truck traffic is coming into sharper focus. This stems from the experience seen in 2018 when many drivers sat in long queues and shippers faced delays in retrieving their freight. The issue […]
APM Terminals reached a deal with the longshore union at the Port of Los Angeles to retrain dock workers in repairing the automated cargo handling equipment that will take their jobs. The deal further paves the way for the Maersk subsidiary to start a project to install electrical charging stations and to make other upgrades […]
Sudden surge in marine fuel costs could spur shippers to consider switch to California over Panama Canal route.
Mexico’s government wants to build a new marine terminal that could nearly double the annual volume of containers moving through the country’s busiest seaport. The Port of Manzanillo said the federal government is considering a $1.2 billion expansion for the port, which is located in the western state of Colima. The expansion would include the […]
Chris Lytle to retire from top job at Port of Oakland, leaving a 53-year legacy
Appeals court rejects CMA CGM’s attempt to avoid paying up.
The November 2019 contract is being bid at $2.01/mile and falling.
Opus9 is now offering to match shippers with drayage carriers as it expands coverage to major U.S. ports. The Sunnyvale, California-based startup, which already offers load matching and digital brokerage for truckload and less-than-truckload freight, wants to bring the same level of automation to drayage, said Chief Executive Alex Ryu. He said the new service […]
This article brought to you courtesy of NEXT Trucking U.S. West Coast ports want to boost drayage efficiency for the upcoming 2019 peak season. They aim to do so through greater use of appointment systems, extending gate hours and other changes to improve cargo and turn-time visibility. The moves are a preemptive strike against the […]
NEXT Trucking is opening a new drayage facility in a bid to speed up truck efficiency at the busiest seaport in the United States. The 18-acre facility, which is about 10 miles from the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, increases container capacity for NEXT’s Relay program, which is designed to maximize drayage efficiency, […]
The Port of Los Angeles saw May container volumes grow at their best year-to-date level since January, even as empty containers still account for most of the growth. To keep volumes going, the seaport’s employees will face a changing workplace in the coming years as new technologies improve cargo fluidity, the port’s executive director said. […]
The Port of Long Beach can be a challenge for truckers, even during the slow season. But the port and its tenant marine terminals are looking to software to ease the fraught process of returning and picking containers. Drayage drivers that navigate the 3,200-acre facility juggle different websites, appointment systems, and changing instructions on […]
Isuzu with partners Supreme and Delivery Concepts have introduced a truck body designed for craft brewers, complete with taps. Plus, ports seek alternative fuels, concerns over fracking, and Walmart pressures suppliers.
As the 2018 import overhang lingers for a while, box ship rates may also suffer.
Big ships come to U.S. even as backhaul cargoes still lacking, and truckers deal with terminal shut-outs and chassis imbalances.
Lawmakers heard how costly fees and equipment shortages along the supply chain are hurting exports.
The Motiv EPIC all-electric chassis will be installed on Ford F-59 glider chassis at a Detroit Custom Chassis plant. Also, Colorado passes bill lowering the commercial truck driving age and the Port of Long Beach sees near-record volumes.
Never-ending peak season may finally be peaking as shippers rush in goods; shipowners tallying up the cost of scrubbers.
The NLRB overruled an Obama-era litmus test defining independent contractors, giving trucking companies’ defense against unions a boost along the way.
Freight volumes coming into U.S. remain high in January, but delays and congestions turn trips to major marine terminals into ‘madhouse.’
Funding aims to keep Port’s market share as more freight moves to intermodal and off the roads.
Trucking executive points to final mile delivery as draining driver pool, so think about that on Cyber Monday.
Cordero talked about record container volumes, tariffs and the status of billions of dollars in Port modernization projects.
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Many of the industry’s inefficiencies are the result of a lack of transparency between stakeholders, which creates an inability to plan operations in advance. The pilot program is breaking barriers.
SONAR’s OTVI.LAX is clearly indicating that the strength in the inbound loaded container flow out of the Long Beach/LA port is continuing and gathering momentum.
SONAR’s Headhaul Index map and the HAUL.JOT Index are both showing that the return to growth in inbound loaded container flow first seen in the Long Beach/LA port is continuing and gathering momentum.
Volumes still strong in run-up to tariffs, as retailers ramp up imports.
Differences remain in what is best path for drivers to follow, but all agree that port congestion is a problem that needs fixing.
On September 22, 2018, Governor Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 1402 into law in the state of California following a hard-fought battle surrounding labor liability in ports, as reported by the Los Angeles Times.
Lower age threshold part of ongoing move to reduce emissions.
Second busiest port in U.S. sees volumes slide from year ago.
Ports of LA and Long Beach have reduced emissions by replacing diesel-run equipments with zero-emission engines; oil prices rise over signs of U.S. sanctions on Iran; warehousing workers salaries have seen good increases over the last three years.
Toyota Motor has been testing a Class 8 hydrogen fuel cell truck in port operations in California, but yesterday it took that program to the next level with introduction of Version 2 of the truck with more range and other features.
FreightWaves data scientists are using GPS data to better understand truck movements through the busiest ports in North America—origin and destination, lanes, and the time it takes to get freight into retailers’ DC networks.
Tariffs cause an early boost in California ports, auto industry leaders warn Trump of tariff consequences, and more in Today’s Pickup.
The rate of rejected loads coming out of LA inched upward, signaling that the July ‘mellowing’ period may be over. Container rates from China to North America’s West Coast stayed elevated for the second week in a row, and containership idle capacity is at 1%.
China wants to consolidate the Asia-North America container trade and drive supply chain efficiencies by operating a container terminal in Long Beach, but national security concerns may scuttle the COSCO-OOCL merger.
2018’s unusually late Chinese New Year means that port traffic will normalize and then accelerate for pre-summer shipments at the same time as California’s March harvests, causing a truckload capacity crunch.
The U.S. has its first electrified highway. While not a long stretch, the one-mile catenary system on the north- and south-bound lanes of South Alameda Street from East Lomita Boulevard to the Dominguez Channel in Carson, CA, are providing a proving ground for the technology.
A USA Today investigation into port trucking operations in California has led to three U.S. Senators sending letters to national retailers demanding they crack down on trucking companies and their alleged unfair labor practices directed at drivers.
After five days, the port truckers strike in Los Angeles and Long Beach came to an end on Friday with striking truckers delivering a petition with 10,000 signatures on it to LA Mayor Eric Garcetti and Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia.
The Los Angeles Times Editorial Board has weighed in on the port truckers’ strike taking place in Los Angeles and Long Beach. Its opinion: clean up emissions at the ports, but don’t put the financial burden to do so on truckers.
